State Of Siege

December 19, 1985

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — Dwindling unrest was one reason. Another was that ''even the most harsh of regimes takes into account the holidays at the end of the year.'' Interior Minister Fernando Barthelmy announced that the state of siege imposed three months ago, which expired Wednesday, won't be renewed. The order carried a curfew, forbade meetings without official permission and required safe-conduct passes for travel and was imposed to halt a labor protest against austerity measures. The government has announced another one, a ''forced loan'' that will come from the ''bourgeoisie.'' It's a special tax on real estate and automobiles that takes effect Jan. 1 for three months.